Special Report: Iran Nuclear Crisis

U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) addresses members of the Alliance for American Manufacturing on the challenges facing America's manufacturers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 14, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    WASHINGTON, April 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that she would recommend limited talks with the Iranian government should she be elected president.

    Hillary made the remarks at a meeting of newspaper publishers, trying to seek a balance between President George W. Bush's Iran policy and Obama's initiatives of face-to-face talks with Teheran.

    "The approach that the Bush administration has taken toward Iran has been a loser," she said. "It has neither changed behaviors or produced results."

    The New York Senator described her policy on Iran as "carrot and stick," aimed at creating "the beginning of lower levels of diplomatic engagement, some ongoing process."

    Illinois Senator Barack Obama, who is leading Hillary in the Democratic presidential nomination race, was criticized as being "naive" for his suggestion on meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to break the standoff caused by the Iran nuclear issue.

    He also accused Hillary of voting with Republican lawmakers to include Iran's Revolutionary Guard in the terrorist organization list.

    However, Clinton defended her vote last year, saying that the move gave the U.S. an upper hand at the diplomatic table.

    Their Republican rival, Arizona Senator John McCain, has aggressively condemned Iran for its nuclear program and its "negative" impact on Iraq security.

    Despite being accused by the West of attempting to acquire nuclear weapons, Iran has defended its right to develop civilian nuclear programs. It also denied the role in abetting violence in Iraq, saying that it was merely an excuse for the U.S. to explain its failed Iraqi policies.

U.S. skeptical about Iran's claim on nuclear development

    WASHINGTON, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The United States criticized Iran on Tuesday for its continued violation of UN resolution on disputed nuclear program while expressing its doubt about Iran's claim that it had started work to install 6,000 new centrifuges to enrich uranium.

    "I can't substantiate the claims. There are always multiple claims coming out of Iran about progress on this, progress on that. I don't think the underlying situation has changed," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters.  Full story

Ahmadinejad: Iran starts to install 6,000 nuclear centrifuges

    TEHRAN, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic had started to install 6,000 new centrifuges at Natanz nuclear plant, state media reported.

    The president made the remarks after inspecting various sections of Natanz nuclear site in central Isfahan province, the official IRNA news agency reported.  Full story

U.S.: six nations to renew talks on Iran's nuclear issue

    WASHINGTON, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Officials from the United States, Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany are due to meet later this month in a bid to renew their efforts to make Iran halt its sensitive nuclear work, the State Department said on Monday.

    "I can only narrow it down to mid-April. We're going to wait, we're going to let our hosts announce the meeting," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.   Full story

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